Thoughts on football, books, and life in general

Thoughts on the weekend

Accounts

News of Birmingham City’s accounts broke on Friday, when they were filed at Companies House. It was not good news. The club lost £37,461,303 for the financial year. Read Daniel’s analysis on almajir.net if you want the details. This confirmed that I’d chosen the right picture for my mood indicator picture, with half indicating my happiness with the performance of manager and team and the other half showing my uncertainty over our financial situation.

West Ham

I went to the FA Cup game on Saturday and was glad I’d gone.
West Ham won the game, but our team put in a good performance and our fans were
incredible. As I get older and find it
more tiring to stand for 90 minutes, I treasure the away games because I don’t
know how many more I’ll be able to attend. I feel privileged to stand among
such loyal and loud supporters.

Stadium

The infamous bubbles

Managers

Blues fans at end of game

Newport County v Leicester City

I usually support Leicester when they play because I’m fond
of Demarai Gray but I also like underdogs. When I watched Newport play
Leicester on TV, my preference for underdogs was the strongest and I was
delighted when Newport won. There is
still some magic in the Cup.